Sunday, March 3, 2013

Cool Rubrics Creator



This is a very helpful Web 2.0 tool that I discovered while trying to create a rubric for the digital literacy project.  It is so easy to use!  It is a collaborative site so you are able to search for existing rubrics, copy it, and edit it to serve your own purposes.  You can assign different values to calculate scores.  Upon completion, all you have to do is click on the descriptor for the student's work and it automatically scores using fractions and percentages.  If you still need this component, I recommend trying it!


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This is the rubric I created for my project:


Saturday, March 2, 2013



This is what is left of my final course reflection after I hacked it to stay within the confines of 2 minutes.  It was a much cuter dialogue prior to the editing process but hopefully, my thoughts are still conveyed.  I really wanted to explore a tool I hadn't used before but with the time constraints, I didn't practice using movement or change of scenery much because I didn't want to burn up precious video time.


Final Course Reflection by faerieprincess5672 on GoAnimate

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Sock Puppets Anyone?

First grade ELL students reading When You Grow Up


My Project from Ann Thibodeau on Vimeo.

Finally, (thanks to Stephanie for teaching me how to export this!)  this is my first attempt at incorporating the Sock Puppets app.  This is not the best one but apparently I didn't save my favorite one.  Students were reading a Reader's Theater script from Reading A to Z.  They loved this activity and have been asking for new scripts every week!

One of the limitations of the app is the 90 second recording time.  However, it is possible to record the entire play in parts.  The app has the option to share to the camera roll.  From there, you can upload all the parts into iMovie to edit and then share out to Vimeo.  From Vimeo, the video is easily embedded to blogs and Wikis.  Voila!!

This is another script from Reading A to Z.  The students are second grade ELL students with a much longer script.  I'm not sure if I would go much higher because it gets rather lengthy.



Harry And The Horrible Toothache from Ann Thibodeau on Vimeo.